Script for importing files, distributing them to layers, and cutting length?

Hi, is it possible to import a sequentially numbered set of .psd files and then automatically distribute them to their individual layers and cut them each to a specified length of say 4 seconds, timing them to be visible one after another?
I'm working with a series of storyboard panels and would just like to lay them out in After Effects' timeline sequentially, so they would be visible one after the other...is there a script or action to automate this? Thanks

I'm working with a series of storyboard panels and would just like to lay them out in After Effects' timeline sequentially, so they would be visible one after the other...is there a script or action to automate this? Thanks
hi
try >Animation>keyframe assistant>sequence layers in AE.
and cut them each to a specified length of say 4 seconds, timing them to be visible one after another?
this script might help http://www.redefinery.com/ae/view.php?item=rd_CompSetter

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http://pwmather.wordpress.com | CPS

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